2.8 How Are You Teaching Students About Technology Itself?
The goal of Phase 2.8 is for district technology planning staff to describe your district's efforts to teach students
what they need to know and be able to do in order to meet Ohio's technology content standards.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Phase 2.8 is about technology as its own academic content standard and focuses on specific
technology courses.
Phase 2.8 is the place to indicate what technology instruction you are offering at the elementary, middle and
secondary levels. Examples of these "pure technology" courses would include, but are not limited to: career
technology, library media, keyboarding, multi-media or digital video production, web page authoring, network
administration, etc.
As you are considering how you will teach the technology academic content standards, consider reviewing your
Comprehensive Continuous Improvement Plan (CCIP) goals and strategies. Activity Using the Apple Classroom of Tomorrow (ACOT) Scale and the grid below, indicate your school's current level
of effective technology integration specifically concerning technology courses, as well as your target levels for
improvement. If your responses fall between whole numbers, such as between 3.0 and 4.0, feel free to use .5
increments such as 3.5. Instructional Integration 1.0 Entry - Learn the basics of using the new technology.
2.0 Adoption - Use new technology to support traditional instruction.
3.0 Adaptation - Integrate new technology into traditional classroom practice. Here, they often focus on
increased student productivity and engagement by using word processors, spreadsheets, and graphics tools.
4.0 Appropriation - Focus on cooperative, project-based, and interdisciplinary work - incorporating the
technology as needed and as one of many tools.
5.0 Invention - Discover new uses for technology tools, for example, developing spreadsheet macros for
teaching algebra or designing projects that combine multiple technologies. How will we get there? The purpose of our curriculum mapping process is to keep us on track and on target with Ohio's State
Standards.
In accord with curriculum objectives and goals, our district currently provides the following courses for students
to learn and use technology:
Computer Applications I
Computer Applications II
Desktop Publishing
Web Page Design
Advanced Web Page Design
Foundations in Computer Information Systems
Fundamentals of Networking
Advanced Networking
Furthermore, many teachers currently use computers and other technology to enhance the curriculum and
raise student achievement. For example, CAD is being taught in our Physics courses and LCD projectors and
computers are being used to lecture and for interactive lessons.
Professional development opportunities will be provided by the Educational technologist and the district's Where are we now? Where do we want to go? Pre-K 3.0 4.0
K-2 1.5 4.0
3-5 3.0 5.0
6-8 4.0 5.0
9-10 3.0 5.0
11-12 3.5 5.0
Grade Level Band
05-08
Where we are at now
Where we want to be
PreK-K
K-2
3-5
6-8
9-12
Grade Level Band
09-12
Where We Are Now
Where we want to be
Pre-K
K-2
3-5
6-8
9-12
Educational Technology Plan for Springboro Community City SD School Years: 2009-12
Status: Draft Started 11 Last Updated: Jun 23, 2006
Educational technology representatives. Face-to-face and online professional development opportunities will
be provided. We also intend to use resources from etech (ie, elearning, etech conference, etc). How will we know we're getting there? Our quarterly benchmark assessments will reflect this progress for the students. Evaluations and observations
will be used for the teachers. Feedback will be provided to the teacher based on the evaluation and
observations. We will use a rubric and provide a pre and post assessment(Survey Monkey/Zoomerang) to all
teachers to assess our progress. Our district educational technology representatives will be able to get
feedback from these instruments. How will we sustain focus and momentum? We will seek out support from our district's Administrative staff, Board of Education, Technology staff,
Teachers,Paraprofessionals and Parents.
The District's Educational Technology staff will provide aligned and up-to-date ongoing professional
development opportunities.
Provide semester documentation of progress of the ACOT scale to appropriate personnel.
We would like to seek out a waiver day to provide a whole day's worth of Professional development
opportunities to our faculty and staff. Also, we would like to propose an early release day every week for our
teachers to use the time to practice and share their technology skills.
The goal of Phase 2.8 is for district technology planning staff to describe your district's efforts to teach students
what they need to know and be able to do in order to meet Ohio's technology content standards.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Phase 2.8 is about technology as its own academic content standard and focuses on specific
technology courses.
Phase 2.8 is the place to indicate what technology instruction you are offering at the elementary, middle and
secondary levels. Examples of these "pure technology" courses would include, but are not limited to: career
technology, library media, keyboarding, multi-media or digital video production, web page authoring, network
administration, etc.
As you are considering how you will teach the technology academic content standards, consider reviewing your
Comprehensive Continuous Improvement Plan (CCIP) goals and strategies.
Activity
Using the Apple Classroom of Tomorrow (ACOT) Scale and the grid below, indicate your school's current level
of effective technology integration specifically concerning technology courses, as well as your target levels for
improvement. If your responses fall between whole numbers, such as between 3.0 and 4.0, feel free to use .5
increments such as 3.5.
Instructional Integration
1.0 Entry - Learn the basics of using the new technology.
2.0 Adoption - Use new technology to support traditional instruction.
3.0 Adaptation - Integrate new technology into traditional classroom practice. Here, they often focus on
increased student productivity and engagement by using word processors, spreadsheets, and graphics tools.
4.0 Appropriation - Focus on cooperative, project-based, and interdisciplinary work - incorporating the
technology as needed and as one of many tools.
5.0 Invention - Discover new uses for technology tools, for example, developing spreadsheet macros for
teaching algebra or designing projects that combine multiple technologies.
How will we get there?
The purpose of our curriculum mapping process is to keep us on track and on target with Ohio's State
Standards.
In accord with curriculum objectives and goals, our district currently provides the following courses for students
to learn and use technology:
Computer Applications I
Computer Applications II
Desktop Publishing
Web Page Design
Advanced Web Page Design
Foundations in Computer Information Systems
Fundamentals of Networking
Advanced Networking
Furthermore, many teachers currently use computers and other technology to enhance the curriculum and
raise student achievement. For example, CAD is being taught in our Physics courses and LCD projectors and
computers are being used to lecture and for interactive lessons.
Professional development opportunities will be provided by the Educational technologist and the district's
Where are we
now?
Where do we want
to go?
Pre-K 3.0 4.0
K-2 1.5 4.0
3-5 3.0 5.0
6-8 4.0 5.0
9-10 3.0 5.0
11-12 3.5 5.0
Where we are at now
Where We Are Now
Educational Technology Plan for Springboro Community City SD School Years: 2009-12
Status: Draft Started 11 Last Updated: Jun 23, 2006
Educational technology representatives. Face-to-face and online professional development opportunities will
be provided. We also intend to use resources from etech (ie, elearning, etech conference, etc).
How will we know we're getting there?
Our quarterly benchmark assessments will reflect this progress for the students. Evaluations and observations
will be used for the teachers. Feedback will be provided to the teacher based on the evaluation and
observations. We will use a rubric and provide a pre and post assessment(Survey Monkey/Zoomerang) to all
teachers to assess our progress. Our district educational technology representatives will be able to get
feedback from these instruments.
How will we sustain focus and momentum?
We will seek out support from our district's Administrative staff, Board of Education, Technology staff,
Teachers,Paraprofessionals and Parents.
The District's Educational Technology staff will provide aligned and up-to-date ongoing professional
development opportunities.
Provide semester documentation of progress of the ACOT scale to appropriate personnel.
We would like to seek out a waiver day to provide a whole day's worth of Professional development
opportunities to our faculty and staff. Also, we would like to propose an early release day every week for our
teachers to use the time to practice and share their technology skills.